West Downtown Neighborhood Plan

This chapter summarizes the function of the West Downtown neighborhood plan. It also provides a description of how the document extends the goals and strategies of the Comprehensive Plan and Golden Vision 2030. A summary of the public outreach effort is provided in this chapter as well as a look into the history of the neighborhood. A quick reference guide for the short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals of this neighborhood plan round out the chapter, but these are provided more detail in Chapter 3.

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This chapter provides an overview of the existing conditions in the West Downtown neighborhood. An analysis of the neighborhood's current zoning, land uses, and transportation infrastructure is provided. This Chapter sets up the recommendations for future programs and projects explored in Chapter 3.

This chapter will identify the goals and strategies for future land development within the West Downtown neighborhood. These goals, policies, and projects have been crafted from the public opinion received from numerous outreach events and surveys administered through Guiding Golden. This chapter will specifically provide recommendations for “Areas of Change” within West Downtown

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Arapahoe Street offers a tremendous opportunity to provide expanded pedestrian and mobility improvements in the future. The following images highlights a conceptual design for a potential redevelopment of Arapahoe Street in the future. It also provides a concept for additional flex-space along Miners Alley.

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Throughout the fall of 2018 and the spring of 2019, the City of Golden Planning Division conducted extensive community outreach to gather feedback on topics related to West Downtown. Programs such as surveys on Guiding Golden, outreach at the farmers market, and attendance at other municipal events were administered. The goal of the outreach campaign was to determine how the City of Golden should approach, commercial and residential development, parking, housing, infrastructure, and historic significance of the neighborhood in the future.

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